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Creating A Purpose-Driven Corporation

The Horizons Tracker

Corporate law should place purpose at the heart of the corporation and require directors to state their purposes and demonstrate commitment to them. Despite this, there is a growing desire for corporations to be better stakeholders, with Wharton’s Sarah Kaplan outlining as much in her latest book, The 360° Corporation.

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Will the Sun Shine Bright on Kentucky Innovation?

Harvard Business Review

At his invitation, I went this week to the state's two largest cities, Lexington and Louisville, to talk with local entrepreneurs and community leaders about what it takes to spur more innovation and entrepreneurship in a region. These students constitute a network with deep roots in the community and deep commitment to it.

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If All of Work Were Gamified

Harvard Business Review

McGonigal suggests that the four defining traits of any game — a goal, clear rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation — can be applied to any challenge. Organizations have a lot of experience with goal setting, rules, and incentives. She even says game-playing makes us better people.

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15 Hours: A Common Sense Action Blueprint for Congress

Mills Scofield

Sam Gilman and Andrew Kaplan , college juniors started Common Sense Action in 2012 with one chapter. We tried to live the example that we wished Congress followed: we had made a commitment to ourselves, to each other, and to our chapters to craft an agenda by working together across difference. Well, it''s happening. The setting?

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